OUR CHALLENGE: Intensive human use, climate change and a fragmented system of water management are straining the health and resilience of our freshwater systems and Puget Sound. These threats to our region’s floodplains are urgent, creating potentially irreversible loss and must be addressed at system scale.

OUR STRATEGY: Develop a shared regional approach to nature-based solutions that make Puget Sound water systems more resilient by restoring critical habitat and building community resilience in river valleys in ways where a single conservation intervention can have a positive impact across multiple ecosystem recovery targets.

OUR CHALLENGE: Rapidly increasing urbanization threatens Puget Sound with significant challenges, including toxic runoff, while creating a population that is disconnected from nature and natural solutions.

OUR STRATEGY: Accelerate the revitalization of urban lands and waters at the bold new pace we need to save the quality of life we all treasure. We are integrating nature back into our cities in strategic ways that produce clean water, livable communities, and plan for growth. The successes we achieve here in Puget Sound in working with conservation organizations, social-justice organizations and urban leaders can serve as a model for the rest of the world. As the region we love continues to grow, there’s not a moment, a talent, or a resource to waste.